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Complementarities in the Production of Child Health

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  • Laura Abramovsky
  • Britta Augsburg
  • Pamela Jervis
  • Bansi Malde
  • Angus Phimister

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We estimate flexible child health production functions to investigate whether more hygienic environments, characterized by better water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices, make nutrition intake more productive for the physical growth of children aged 6–24 months. Using 10 rounds of exceptionally rich longitudinal Filipino cohort data, we estimate value-added production functions with a control function approach. We show that WASH and nutrition are complements in the formation of child height and weight. Nutritional and WASH conditions faced by sample children are similar to those currently encountered by poor children in low-income settings with comparable stunting rates.

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  • Laura Abramovsky & Britta Augsburg & Pamela Jervis & Bansi Malde & Angus Phimister, 2025. "Complementarities in the Production of Child Health," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 19(3), pages 572-613.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jhucap:doi:10.1086/735106
    DOI: 10.1086/735106
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    1. Vincent Vandenberghe, 2021. "Work beyond the age of 50. What role for mental versus physical health?," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 35(3), pages 311-347, September.
    2. Vincent Vandenberghe, 2020. "The Rather Limited Role Of Mental Ill Health In Driving Work Beyond 50," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2020020, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).

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